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Originally from Switzerland, award-winning artist, sculptor, philosophies with the most prominent artist of the time.
and engineer Jean-Jacques Porret was exposed to art As an artist, Porret is continuously evolving, and his work
from the day he was born to a family of art and antique and style have changed over the years. From sharper to a
collectors. softer expression of molten metal.

Surrounded by beautiful antiquities, statues, and artwork Porret muses, “If my approach seems figurative, I do not
every day, the seed of art was planted early, and he aim for a reproduction of the human form: what interests
began carving wood when he was just six years old. He me is to transmit an abstract feeling or an idea rather
specialized in creating magnificent works with the lost wax than an image of reality. I use recognizable forms to
technique of casting Bronze. Bronze primarily interested arouse emotion, to give birth to sensations. I consider
him “because it is the most demanding material which is myself, in fact, an impressionist.” This vision drives his
responsive and sweet to the touch. work, and each sculpture imbues depth and intensity.

After acquiring his engineering degree, Porret came to Though he initially started his career by working in
New York, anxious to learn English and build a life on his Bronze, Porret began experimenting with various stones.
terms. There, his career was set into motion, which soon Dissatisfied, with his sculpture’s bases, bought a granite
after led him to Chicago. and marble company, to have complete control in his
work’s creation. Yet this choice also evolved his work,
Porret’s thirst for knowledge took him to museums and these various stone elements have become an
all over the world, absorbing all he could and sharing integral part of his creative process and vision.

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